A strike on New York’s busiest rail system caused travel disruption for thousands of commuters during rush hour on Monday morning, as rail workers resumed negotiations with transportation officials.
At New York’s Penn Station, where about 600,000 people pass through daily, it was strangely silent as commuters hurried to get to their destinations.”There are no trains,” claimed Brooklyn resident Mekan Esenov, who was attempting to travel to a Long Island airport. “We looked at Uber, but it’s like $250.”
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Agency is providing free shuttle buses around the city for some routes, but warns of “severe congestion and delays.”The walkout is projected to disrupt approximately 250,000 weekday train riders serving New York’s eastern suburbs and Long Island’s famous beaches, which extend from the city to the Hamptons and Montauk.
Unions representing approximately 3,500 LIRR workers went on strike on Saturday after failing to reach an agreement with rail management on compensation and work conditions. Negotiations with the MTA began on Sunday and Monday after New York Governor Kathy Hochul urged both parties to return to talks.
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